Full Stack Developer

**Description** We are looking for a highly versatile Full\-Stack Engineer who is equally comfortable writing application code and deploying that code to cloud infrastructure. This role bridges product development and platform engineering — you will build features in Python and JavaScript while also helping manage AWS infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and runtime environments. You’ll partner closely with the development team to deliver performant web apps, and with operations/security stakeholders to ensure reliability, scalability, and compliance. This is an ideal role for someone who enjoys both hands\-on coding and owning how software runs in the real world. **Core Responsibilities** Software Development * Build and maintain backend services (Python and/or Node.js) * Develop modern web front\-ends using Next.js or similar frameworks * Design, build, and document RESTful APIs and integrations * Write maintainable code with appropriate unit/integration test coverage DevOps \& Platform * Own CI/CD for application deployments (GitHub Actions \& GitLab CI) * Manage cloud infrastructure in AWS (EC2/ECS/Lambda/RDS/S3/CloudFront) * Contribute to IaC using Terraform * Improve environment reliability, monitoring, and automation * Participate in incident response, root\-cause analysis, and performance tuning Collaboration \& Delivery * Work directly with product owners and stakeholders to define requirements * Translate business needs into resilient and scalable technical solutions * Mentor junior contributors and elevate development best practices **Required Experience** * 4\+ years professional development experience (full\-stack or backend\-focused) * Strong proficiency in Python and/or Node.js * Experience deploying and operating workloads on AWS * Hands\-on experience with Docker and cloud\-native app hosting * Solid understanding of Linux, networking fundamentals, and DevOps culture * Familiarity with Infrastructure\-as\-Code (Terraform preferred) * CI/CD configuration and troubleshooting experience **Preferred Skills** * Distributed systems / microservices architecture * Kubernetes and container orchestration * Database administration (PostgreSQL/MySQL) * Security\-minded engineering (IAM, Secrets Mgmt, Zero Trust principles) * Serverless patterns (Lambda, SQS, SNS, EventBridge) * Experience supporting regulated or enterprise platforms **What Success Looks Like** Within your first 3–6 months, you will: * Own the delivery pipeline for at least one core product * Reduce deployment friction and time\-to\-production * Improve uptime and observability across environments * Ship new functionality independently and confidently **Ideal Candidate Snapshot** Someone who: * Thinks like a developer and an SRE * Proactively sees and solves production challenges * Loves both feature delivery and infrastructure automation * Can wear multiple hats without sacrificing quality At Syneos Health Communications, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. At times, we will consider transferable skills from previous roles. We also encourage you to join our Talent Network to stay connected to additional career opportunities. BoldSky Creative Studio supports more than 12\+ Syneos Health marketing and communication agencies as well as direct\-to\-customer engagements. We function as the agencies' creative execution and production arm, implementing their creative vision. As part of Syneos Health, our agencies — consisting of leading brands and experts in advertising, branding, public relations, managed markets and medical communications — are engaged in every point of influence in health, providing real\-world insight into markets and audiences in ways that no other partner could. Work Here Matters Everywhere \| How are you inspired to change lives? *Syneos Health companies are affirmative action/equal opportunity employers (Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled)* Syneos Health has a voluntary COVID\-19 vaccination policy. We strongly encourage all employees to be fully vaccinated. Additionally, certain local governments or Syneos Health customers may have vaccine requirements that apply to some of our employees. These employees are required to submit proof of vaccination to Syneos Health and maintain compliance with these requirements. At Syneos Health, we believe in providing an environment and culture in which Our People can thrive, develop and advance. We reward and recognize our people by providing valuable benefits and a quality\-of\-life balance. The benefits for this position will include a competitive compensation package, Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision, flexible paid time off (PTO). Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work. Syneos Health complies with all applicable national/federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements.